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...a subspecies of mallard. Mallards will mate with them—in fact, black duck females prefer mallard males. But most authorities now consider the black duck a separate species. Conversely, the
Laysan teal (formerly
A. platyrhynchos laysanensis), of which only a small population survives on Laysan Island west of Hawaii, is now classified as a separate species, although it...